House
File
847
H-1298
Amend
House
File
847
as
follows:
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1.
By
striking
page
1,
line
3,
through
page
3,
line
3,
and
2
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
Section
256.11,
subsection
8,
Code
2021,
is
4
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
8.
a.
Upon
request
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
public
6
school
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
a
nonpublic
7
school,
the
director
may,
for
a
number
of
years
to
be
specified
8
by
the
director,
grant
the
district
board
or
the
authorities
9
in
charge
of
the
nonpublic
school
exemption
from
one
or
more
10
of
the
requirements
of
the
educational
program
specified
in
11
subsection
5
.
The
exemption
may
be
renewed.
Exemptions
12
shall
be
granted
only
if
the
director
deems
that
the
request
13
made
is
an
essential
part
of
a
planned
innovative
curriculum
14
project
which
the
director
determines
will
adequately
meet
the
15
educational
needs
and
interests
of
the
pupils
and
be
broadly
16
consistent
with
the
intent
of
the
educational
program
as
17
defined
in
subsection
5
.
18
b.
The
request
for
exemption
shall
include
all
of
the
19
following:
20
a.
(1)
Rationale
of
the
project
to
include
supportive
21
research
evidence.
22
b.
(2)
Objectives
of
the
project.
23
c.
(3)
Provisions
for
administration
and
conduct
of
the
24
project,
including
the
use
of
personnel,
facilities,
time,
25
techniques,
and
activities.
26
d.
(4)
Plans
for
evaluation
of
the
project
by
testing
27
and
observational
measures
of
pupil
progress
in
reaching
the
28
objectives.
29
e.
(5)
Plans
for
revisions
of
the
project
based
on
30
evaluation
measures.
31
f.
(6)
Plans
for
periodic
reports
to
the
department.
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g.
(7)
The
estimated
cost
of
the
project.
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c.
Approval
of
an
exemption
shall
include
authority
for
34
a
school
district
to
use
funds
from
the
school
district’s
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flexibility
account
under
section
298A.2,
subsection
2,
to
1
implement
all
or
part
of
the
planned
innovative
curriculum
2
project.
3
d.
Approval
of
an
exemption
from
one
or
more
of
the
4
requirements
of
the
educational
program
specified
in
subsection
5
5
does
not
exempt
the
school
district
or
nonpublic
school
from
6
federal
law
or
any
other
requirements
of
state
law
that
are
not
7
specifically
exempted
by
the
director.
8
e.
Each
school
district
or
nonpublic
school
for
which
an
9
exemption
is
approved
shall
file
an
annual
report
with
the
10
department
on
the
status
of
the
planned
innovative
curriculum
11
project
on
forms
and
in
a
format
prescribed
by
the
department.
12
f.
After
expiration
of
the
initial
exemption
period,
the
13
exemption
may
be
renewed
for
additional
periods
of
years,
each
14
not
to
exceed
three
years.
The
director
may
revoke
approval
15
of
all
or
part
of
any
exemption
if
the
annual
report
or
any
16
other
information
available
to
the
department
indicates
that
17
conditions
no
longer
warrant
use
of
an
exemption
or
funding
18
from
the
school
district’s
flexibility
account
under
section
19
298A.2,
subsection
2.
Notice
of
revocation
must
be
provided
by
20
the
director
to
the
school
district
or
nonpublic
school
prior
21
to
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
for
which
the
exemption
is
22
revoked.
>
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2.
Page
4,
lines
5
and
6,
by
striking
<
An
approved
flexible
24
student
and
school
support
program
>
and
inserting
<
A
planned
25
innovative
curriculum
project
for
which
an
exemption
was
26
approved
>
27
3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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